Hyenas (2011 film) explained

Hyenas
Director:	Eric Weston
Producer:	Ron Bard
Starring:	Costas Mandylor Meshach Taylor Christa Campbell
Music:	Eliza Swenson
Cinematography:	Curtis Petersen
Editing:	Eric Weston
Studio:	Entertainment Dome Entertainment Lab^[1]
Distributor:	Grindstone Entertainment Group/Lionsgate
Runtime:	92 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Hyenas is a 2011 supernatural horror film, written and directed by Eric Weston.^[2]

Plot

A woman is driving down a road when she crashes. She then sees a light, before hyenas attack and kill her and her baby. The woman's husband, Gannon (Costas Mandylor), teams up with veteran tracker "Crazy" Briggs (Meshach Taylor) to track down and kill the hyenas.

Cast

• Costas Mandylor as Gannon
• Christa Campbell as Wilda
• Amanda Aardsma as Valerie
• Derrick Kosinski as Bobby
• Rudolf Martin as Sheriff Manfred
• Joshua Alba as Marco
• Christina Murphy as Gina
• Andrew James Allen as Jasper
• Steele Justiss as "Tank"
• Meshach Taylor as "Crazy" Briggs
• Bar Paly as Luna
• Sean Hamilton as Tobias
• Maxie J. Santillan Jr. as Salazar
• Michael Nardelli as Vinnie
• Stephen Taylor as Danny
• Mike Rad as Orville

Reception

Hyenas was described by Bryan Senn in his book The Werewolf Filmography as "poor in all departments", commenting on Amanda Aardsma's "plastic acting" and "cartoonish CGI hyenas". Bruce Kooken, for Horrornews.net, described the special effects as "crash and burn...the CGI effect is really unforgivable".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entertainment Lab Investments . Entertainment Lab . 2011-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710193936/http://www.entertainmentlab.com/investments.html . 2011-07-10 . dead .
2. Senn, Bryan (2017) The Werewolf Filmography: 300+ Movies, McFarland & Co Inc,, pp. 363–4
3. Kooken, Bruce (2011) "Film Review: Hyenas (2010)", horrornews.net, February 24, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2019